The increase follows a one-month pause in June and despite recent sharp declines in wholesale and consumer inflation rates.
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We distill results of the 2Q23 Baird-MDM Industrial Distribution Survey’s polling of respondent expectations for the impact of government programs and reshoring on theIr businesses in the next 5-10 years.
A tentative 5-year deal has been reached with UPS's 340,000-member union, likely averting a nationwide strike. See our full recap of the deal and the contingency plans several distributors had prepared.
Missed MDM's free Virtual Profitability Summit? It's now available on-demand. Here, find a quick recap of some final thoughts from the event.
An expected slowdown in deals did set in during the quarter’s final month, but June was still busy by recent historical standards.
As part of the six sigma methodology, Will Quinn lays out how to create a spaghetti diagram and how to leverage it for more efficient warehouse management.
Inconsistent, sluggish revenue numbers dogged some distributors during the second quarter, according to the latest Baird-MDM survey.
“The tone on the ground is one of leveling rather than significant declines,” said MSC CEO Erik Gershwind during a June 29 3Q earning call.
We examine the quantitative and qualitative aspectsof that question, which was asked in the new 2Q23 Baird-MDM Distribution Survey.
MDM's annual Mid-Year Economic Forecast webcast provided a current snapshot of market conditions and what to expect in a likely bumpy road ahead.
A 10-day union strike would reportedly be the nation’s most expensive walk-out in at least 25 years, costing the economy more than $7 billion
Jonathan Byrnes of Profit Isle joins the MDM Podcast with Tom Gale to discuss the profitability concepts he developed to help management teams meet budget.
Full-year revenue expectations soured for a second-straight month, falling from a slight gain to decline. Mike Hockett recaps those figures and more.
We recap the myriad guests and topics from the first six months of the year.
Applico outlines the most developed B2B vertical in eProcurement, its top SaaS providers and how distributors can take advantage.
Dorn Group's John Gunderson outlines tried-and-true profitability measures distributors will look to take over the next year.
Vesna Brajkovic details how Home Depot targets a market typically served by wholesale distributors with its plans to be a one-stop-shop for complex contractor projects.
Optimism remains buoyed by strong order backlogs and feedback from customers noting that demand is still solid overall, albeit choppy.
Within the distributor-supplier relationship, product information sharing can be hard to come by. But here, Mike Hockett details a partnership between ARG Industrial and Midland Industries as a winning example.
The home improvement retailer recently agreed to pay more than $72M to workers who were denied wages while they were ‘standing around.’
